wow! i had no idea you could play on pokerstars on mi

good luck booker

Is the software nostalgic?

I decided to run better and I'm up over 3x. The low stakes ($5.45-16.40) SNGs are providing nice profit.

I hope that they'll be able to pool with other states soon, but so far it's just us. Good traffic, though, considering no advertising, launch issues, etc.

Not as much as you might think, though that could be influenced by the fact that I've only gotten it to work on my phone so far.

It's definitely different that the old days, almost alll 6 max, pretty much all the tournaments have re-entry, but it's been nice to donk around at the micros. I'm pretty bad but thankfully so are most of the other players.

I logged on to ACR for the first time in about a month, expecting to see a zero balance or possibly a balance of less than $5. To my surprise there was a little over $100 there. I did a little digging and saw that I'd received deposits from the host after "verified play against bots."

I should probably be upset about this, and I probably lost well over $100 to bots, but I'm looking at this like found money.

Rumors are live games have been amazing as things reopen. Last night in a 1/2nl game I wasn't in a guy was straddling to 300$ every hand for 45 minutes (Mississippi straddle, allegedly from dealers).

Should probably scout things out look for table changes more often.

my buddy plays live in vegas and reno. he says games have been good, but nothing special.

Could be rumors. Vegas has been open longer than some places as well.

I mostly play online but I've played a few times live and they were good - also was either 5max or 6max at the places around here so you're not sitting 9max watching paint dry while waiting for a decent spot

That's honestly a big aspect is playing so few of hands live in 9m. Would love live 6m etc.

It's 7 max here now and hope it stays but doubt it, one person is walking a lot so it's 6 handed probably over 50% plus plenty of room at the table

The rooms in South Florida have all gone 8-handed, as far as I know (there are a couple rooms I haven't been back to). The action has been pretty amazing. I play 1-2-5 PLO and there's invariably at least 1 player at every table who insists on raising preflop from any seat and with any card holding.

Amusingly, this happened last night when I was playing 1-2 NL Holdem, which I never play, but had finished dinner nearby and went to an out of the way room to say hi to a friend who's now working there as a shift manager. A former coworker of mine was dealing. This dealer has been in the business for 15+ years and is easily one of the top 10 dealers that I know, and I know a lot of dealers. I'm on the big blind at a 5-handed table. UTG raises to $15, cutoff and button both fold, small blind calls, and I call with K J

Flop is 3 8 9
SB checks, I check, UTG bets $17, SB calls, and I'm thinking that I have two overs and a backdoor straight draw, and that the UTG player has been raising preflop a lot and nearly always C-bets. Plus, I'm strictly in a mode of "rec player" right now, since I never play 1-2 holdem, except to kill time. Just as I'm counting out a call, the dealer turns the 2 before I had a chance to stop him. The dealer is upset (not angry, but upset at himself because he really is an outstanding dealer and he's done a premature turn).

As the floor supervisor is making his way to the table to make what I know will be a very basic and predictable ruling, I toss out $17 for the call. Sure enough the 2 is pulled aside and is replaced with a Q which gets me closer to my backdoor straight. We all check.

The dealer shuffles the 2 back into the stub and produces the river.

10

SB opens for $40 leaving about $110 in his stack. UTG has about $75 left. I have them both covered. I briefly contemplate calling to hopefully draw in the UTG but then I decide to jam. UTG folds, SB calls with just the Jack for a Queen high straight and I drag in a very nice pot thanks in no small part to a flub by one of the best dealers around.

Nice suckout. Wonder if you dealt to me once and I didn't know.

1-2-5 plo games are way better than any holdem up to maybe 10-25. Can you not play at hardrock if that's where you deal? The 2-2 there seemed amazing the couple times I sat. Like 35 dollars 6 way a bunch.

hahaha nice hand and story!

also who doesn't x/r flop if you choose to continue there

I doubt I ever dealt to you. I started at Hard Rock in 2017 and became a dual rate floor/dealer almost immediately, so I spent relatively little time dealing at all. And I stopped dealing entirely about a year and a half ago.

I can't play at Hard Rock, and probably wouldn't even if it was allowed. I always found it really weird that dealers in Vegas can sit and play, but I guess it's a function of so many tourists mean you don't get to know most of the players.

And the PLO action is crazier across town, where I do play. If I quit my job, I might go to the Hard Rock for the 5-5-10 PLO, but for 1-2-5 the other room has better action.

Hmm. I have used Pokerstars more than 10 years and I have made several deposits and many withdrawals. Now I cant withdraw my money because I need to verify my account.

Do you mean just proof of identity, or providing bank statements and stuff (which I think is a thing now in some places)?

If it's just the former, I'm surprised you lasted as long as you did, but it's very standard and nothing to worry about.

I have not played much in last few years. ID I have provided couple of time when I played more. Now they want both ID and bank information.

i was all in 4 times today. the pots totaled 15k. my ev was 10k. i lost all 4.

dang sorry filthy, what are you playing?

no limit hold em

the silliest one was was when i called a big all in on the flop 992dds. board bricked out. the guy showed AdTc, and he was good. i had KQdd

AA<KK

turned two pair and shoved all in. got called by an overpair and lost.

all in on flop top top, and lost to combo draw

sounds like live?

lol yeah live. im fully vaccinated. casino is outdoors

Guy opened his hand when he called me on the turn. Then on the river he shoved, which I called. And then he says, “I missed”.

I’m in a really good game but I’m rusty. 1-3 with a straddle and like $20k on the table.